Secret U S Plans for Fast Planes Promised to Surprise Axis
Major Nathaniel F. Silsbee outlined at a meeting that the US has a dozen new fighter bomber and transport designs under test with many flown but secret. Mod centers enable rapid alterations for desert Arctic or other combat needs, including Doolittle era adaptations and new pressure cabin developments for high altitude missions.
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New York
United States
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nathaniel F. Silsbee
Army Air Force
Society
Air Force
Battle Condi
Silsbee
Doolittle
Japan
Arctic
Messerschmitt
Joke on the Japs causes uproar over Pacific oyster origin
A Seattle report notes that Washington's Willapa Harbor oysters are now linked to Japan. The Pacific oyster, grown on 5,000 acres of tideland and yielding about a million bushels annually, was imported from Japan in 1928, provoking national reaction.
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Seattle
Wash
Ins
Washington
Willapa Harbor
Japan
Rationing Heads Ask Drivers to Keep Cool
Washington officials urged motorists to stay calm as gasoline rationing began across the nation. The Office of Price Administration said the program was normalizing after a disruptive first day with protests from farmers, truckers, and salesmen.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Gasoline Rationing Eases Truck Operators as Week Ends
Officials assure gas for trucks and buses by week’s end while local boards issue emergency receipts. John R. Richards says safety valves apply and basic 32 gallon rations extend to Jan 22. Eastman and others promise protection for farmers and trades as rubber and occupational allowances are discussed. A driver, Elmer Parsons, pays a fine for failure to yield at a street intersection.
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Toeir
Warity
Red
Office of Defense Transporta- Opa
John R. Richards
Joseph B. Eastman
William M. Jeffers
OPA
Leon Henderson
Man and Wife Hurt In Auto Crash
Two people injured in a car accident at First street NE and the B avenue bridge around 3 45 p m Tuesday. Mrs Richard Hayek 3030 Bever avenue SE suffered a fractured nose and facial lacerations and was thrown from the vehicle. She was taken to Mercy Hospital.
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First Street
B Avenue
Richard Hayek
Bever Avenue SE
Pat Davis
Hank Overman
Hayek
Mercy Hospital
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R. S. Hotchkiss
Cedar Rapids
Army Ordnance Companies
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Allen Motor Company
Hotchkiss
Des Moines
Ray Allen
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Decorah
Postville
Clinton
Oelwein
Davenport
Iowa City
Vinton
Manchester
Dubuque
Allen
Major Hotchkiss
U.S
Axis
America
Elmer Parsons
Sixth Street SE
Parsons
General Electric
Het
Selly Victor
Playtex
Picofilm
Griffon
the Killian Company
Los Gans
Leibsohn
First Avenue
Esquire Hose
Second Street
DIAL
Zemo
Fifth Ave
N. Y
Dept
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